Noele Nelson

Professor of Practice

Noele Nelson, a professor of practice in the Department of Public & Ecosystem Health at Cornell University, is a hepatitis B expert and served as a senior author on the C.D.C.’s previous guidelines for the vaccine.

Nelson says:

“A federal judge’s blocking of Health and Human Services (HHS) changes to the routine childhood vaccine schedule and suspension of the current Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is very welcome news. This is a critical victory against the detrimental policy changes which could have rolled back decades of progress in reducing vaccine preventable disease incidence. While this ruling is only a preliminary injunction, it is a major reversal of changes that were made without scientific evidence. The court decision also crucially protects access to vaccines for families who choose them.”